Can you ever escape your past? Ash Carlisle has crossed continents to attend an exclusive, prestigious prep school in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Ash is running from a dark secret, one she believes she's left behind. When Ash is tapped for a secret society known only as Ivy Bound, she truly feels like she belongs. But when Ash is challenged to a series of increasingly disturbing tasks she refuses to go along and the members of the society begin a silent campaign against her. Ash goes from revered to reviled, cast-out and castigated. Then students begin to die... and Ash is the clear suspect.